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Item Ships From: Continental US
Dufy, La corbeille aux œufs, Vacances forcées (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper Year: 1970 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio...
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1970s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

“Volcano Fuego” Modern Colorful Abstract Landscape Woodcut Print Ed. 74/75
By Carol Summers
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract landscape woodcut print by modern artist Carol Summers. The work features a color blocked depiction of a volcano with a rainbow. Signed, titled, and editioned withi...
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1970s Contemporary Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Le Lézard Aux Plumes D'or: Plate I (Mourlot 803; Cramer 148), Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Joan Miro (1893-1983) Title: Le Lézard Aux Plumes D'or: Plate I (Mourlot 803; Cramer 148) Year: 1971 Edition: H.C.; 195, plus proofs Inscription: Signed and inscribed ‘H.C.’ ...
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1970s Surrealist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sans titre (Cramer 34), Derrière le miroir
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, an...
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1950s Surrealist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sans titre (Cramer 34), Derrière le miroir
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joan Miró. Joan Miró, Cata...
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1950s Surrealist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Abstracted Cityscape - Transfer Monotype in Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cityscape - Transfer Monotype in Oil on Paper Original transfer monotype painting by California artist Heather Speck (American, 20th C). An abstracted street scene is sho...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Oil, Monotype

Foggy Night (the way home or a Stephen King setting)
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #22 Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker. With the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting. In compositions reflecting an appreciation for antiquated machinery and vintage textiles, Wax creates imagery that, in her own words, “… speaks to an inner life perceived in inanimate objects.” She uses stylization and imagination to reinvent subjects, transforming an ordinary typewriter into a monumental icon...
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2010s American Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

Picasso, Composition, Carnet de dessins de Picasso, Cahiers d’Art (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 16.54 x 11.81 inches Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Carnet de dessins de...
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1940s Cubist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Permafrost, landscape, skyscape, polar bear, saber tooth, husky, wildlife, gold
By Alexis Kandra
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Permafrost" by Alexis Kandra is a limited edition signed, titled, dated and numbered giclée print on Moab paper based on an original oil painting with metallic gold foil (edition total of 5). The image features a surreal wildlife scene of a fantastical grouping of animals -- in the foreground of the landscape is a (now extinct) saber tooth tiger...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée

Chagall, Composition (Mourlot 468), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Chiffon de Mandeure paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Lithographies et Eaux-Fortes Originales, Livres Illustres Or...
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1960s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Seurat, La Conciergerie, Seurat (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From th...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Scène VIII, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching on Vélin de Rives paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Shakespeare, Macbeth, Eaux-fortes de Gromaire, 1958. Published by Tériade,...
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1950s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Matisse, Madame Gréta Moll, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.45 x 7.48 inches Inscription: Signed in the...
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1950s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Variations sur l'imaginaire, Félix Labisse
By Felix Labisse
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: hand signed and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Variations sur l'imaginaire, 1972. Published by Philipp...
Category

1970s Surrealist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, L'amour du plus lointain, James Coignard
By James Coignard
Located in Southampton, NY
Engraving on vélin papier à la cuve du Moulin Richard de Bas paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, L'amour du plus lointain, neuf gravures...
Category

1960s Post-War Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Seurat, Le Moissonneur, Seurat (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From th...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Mangold 1977.02; Parasol RM12), Robert Mangold
By Robert Mangold
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Mangold (1937) Title: Untitled (Mangold 1977.02; Parasol RM12), from Multiple Panel Paintings suite Year: 1992 Edition: 300, plus proofs ...
Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

30x50 “Cosmic Cliffs” James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Photo Fine Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken. The finest museum quality WEBB images available. Printed on archival paper using archival inks. 30x50 Edition of 150 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Matisse, Mademoiselle A.Nelck II, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype, héliogravure, recto and verso, on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper, as issued Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.05 x 6.69 inches Inscription...
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1950s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Picasso, étude pour la céramique, Céramiques de Picasso (Orozco 105) (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Collotype and lithograph on vélin gloss finish paper (to resemble the finish of ceramic), archivally hinged on vélin paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 11.25 x 15 inches Catalogue ...
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1940s Cubist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Cropped Fields" Framed Limited Edition Print, 36" x 36"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition giclee landscape print by Molly Doe Wensberg is an edition size of 195. It features a cool blue and green palette with warm yellow accents. The artist captures a...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Miami Beach Jet National original vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Jest National Miami Beach original travel poster. Archival linen backed in fine condition. National Airlines was a United States airline that operated from 1934 to 1980...
Category

1960s American Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

TR-UR, Victor Vasarely
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Victor Vasarely (1908-1997) Title: TR-UR Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Edition: 116/250, plus proofs Size: 39.25 x 30.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: S...
Category

1980s Op Art Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Mao 97 (Feldman/Schellmann II.97), Andy Warhol
By Andy Warhol
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Andy Warhol (1928-1987) Title: Mao 97 Year: 1972 Medium: Silkscreen in colors on Lenox Museum Board Size: 36 x 36 inches Condition: Good Inscription: signed in ball-point pen...
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1970s Pop Art Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Signac, Pont des Arts, Signac Dessins (after)
By Paul Signac
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin de Lana paper Year: 1950 Paper Size: 9.75 x 12.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Signac Dessins, 1950. Publi...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Seurat, Saltimbanques: la danseuse et le caissier, Seurat (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From th...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Red Light, Landscape, Seascape, red, blue, green, yellow, dark colors, triptych
By Rachel Burgess
Located in New York, NY
Monotype on three sheets of paper Unframed Rachel Burgess is a visual artist based in New York. Originally from Boston, she received a B.A. in Literature from Yale University and a...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Monotype

The Unexpected Frontier, Ian Hornak
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: The Unexpected Frontier Year: 1981 Edition: 57/150, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper Size: 29.13 x 38.19 in...
Category

1980s Photorealist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper This print, sometimes titled "Chidori No Tamagawa" "Plovers at Tamagawa", is from the series Mu Tamagawa ("Six Views of Tama River", also known as "Six Jewel Rivers" or "Six Crystal Rivers") by Kubo Shunman...
Category

Late 18th Century Edo Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Woodcut

Running Fences yellow
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Christo, Title: Running Fences yellow Series: Running Fences Date: 1976 Medium: Offset Lithograph Dimensions: 25.25" x 39.5" Signature: Signed Edition: 1000
Category

1970s Conceptual Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, Toulouse-Lautrec, Album De Marine (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on Papeteries de Rives paper Year: 1953 Paper Size: 8.86 x 5.71 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, Toulouse-...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flowering Burning Bush: 18th Century Hand-colored Weinmann Botanical Engraving
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Gas Plants or Burning Bush and Fraxinella, which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitle...
Category

Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving, Mezzotint

Composition, Le Peseur d'âmes (The Weigher of Souls), Francis Picabia
By Francis Picabia
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Peseur d'âmes, précédé d'un frontispice et suivi de hui...
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1930s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Francois Houtin Catalogue Raisonne, with print 1er Nymphée
By François Houtin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This print was made to accompany the deluxe version of the Catalogue Raisonne covering the years 1993-2002. One of his imaginary garden huts or cabanes in wilderness setting. The pr...
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Picasso, Composition (Hodorisch B2), Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des papeteries Lafúma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Le manuscrit trouvé dans un chapeau, orné de dessins a la ...
Category

1910s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Caught" Framed Limited Edition Print, 53" x 53"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition giclee landscape print by Bri Custer is an edition size of 195. It features a light green, blue, and mint green palette. Printed ...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper Year: 1952 Paper Size: 12.125 x 9.25 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the album, The Circus by Toulouse...
Category

1950s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Seurat, Le casseur de pierres, Seurat (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From th...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Seurat, En Marche, Seurat (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin du Canson & Montgolfier Vidalon-Les-Annonay paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.75 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From th...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Blue Harmonica, American Western Art Lithograph by Duane Bryers
By Duane Bryers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Duane Bryers, American (1911 - 2012) - Blue Harmonica, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: 300, AP, Image Size: 17.5 x 22 in., Size: 21.5 in....
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1970s American Realist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

CHRISTMAS TREE Signed Mini Lithograph, Evergreen, Shining Star, Clouds, Blue Sky
By Fanny Brennan
Located in Union City, NJ
CHRISTMAS TREE is a hand drawn limited edition lithograph by the American surrealist artist Fanny Brennan, created using traditional hand lithography techniques printed on archival A...
Category

1990s Surrealist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Matisse, Femme à la Chaise Rouge, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.45 x 6.3 inches Inscription: Signed in the ...
Category

1950s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Great American Perspective, Op Art Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: Great American Perspective Year: 1973 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition Size: 60 Size: 20.5 x 20.5 in. (52....
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1970s Op Art Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Matisse, Margueritte Matisse, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 7.08 x 6.69 inches Inscription: Signed in the...
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1950s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
By Édouard Manet
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, ...
Category

1940s Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Composition, Histoire d'O, Léonor Fini
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches pur chiffon paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, L'Histoire d'O, 1962. Published and...
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1960s Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

ROSIGNANO DAWN (DIPTYCH)
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph on paper. Each stamped and numbered on verso. Edition of 120. Size: 35.5 x 27.5 inches (each); 35.5 x 55 inches (total). Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...
Category

Early 2000s Photorealist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Picasso, Composition (Orozco 238), Picasso, La flûte double (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on papier a la cuve du moulin Richard de Bas paper, spécialement filigrané pour cette édition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From ...
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1960s Cubist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

South Shore, Abstract Screenprint by Roy Ahlgren
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roy Ahlgren, American (1927 - 2011) Title: South Shore Year: 1986 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 66/100 Image Size: 18 x...
Category

1980s Op Art Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

Rudolf Häsler, The El, 1981, stipple engraving
Located in New York, NY
The Swiss-born Rudolf Häsler (1927-1999) lead a varied and busy artistic life, living and working in his native Switzerland, the United States, Spain, where he died, and for an exten...
Category

1980s Contemporary Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving

Red-throated Diver Bird Original First Edition Audubon Hand Colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "Red-throated Diver", No. 96, Plate 478, from...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Winslow Homer 19th Century Woodcut Engraving "The Morning Walk"
By Winslow Homer
Located in Alamo, CA
This Winslow Homer woodcut engraving entitled "The Morning Walk, Young Ladies' School Promenading the Avenue", was published in Harper's Weekly in the...
Category

1870s American Impressionist Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Engraving, Woodcut

Original vintage poster "Truth" weekly magazine art nouveau lithograph
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage.poster: TRUTH CHRISTMAS. NOTE that this is the turn of the century original poster and is Not a magazine cover. The poster for a gossip magazine focusing on New...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The Cougar, Female and Young": Original Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "The Cougar, Female and Young", No. 20, Plate XCVII, 97 from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North Ameri...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Bernard Sanders, George Washington Bridge Under Construction (from New York)
Located in New York, NY
Clearly a view from New York City across the Hudson River to the New Jersey Palisades, this small format packs a wallop! Construction of the bridge was begun in 1927 and this scene i...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Continental US - Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

19th century color lithograph figures cemetery willow tree memorial headstone
By Nathaniel Currier
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present hand-colored lithograph was produced as part of the funeral and mourning culture in the United States during the 19th century. Images like this were popular as ways of remembering loved ones, an alternative to portraiture of the deceased. This lithograph shows a man, woman and child in morning clothes next to an urn-topped stone monument. Behind are additional putto-topped headstones beneath weeping willows, with a steepled church beyond. The monument contains a space where a family could inscribe the name and death dates of a deceased loved one. In this case, it has been inscribed to a young Civil War soldier: William W. Peabody Died at Fairfax Seminary, VA December 18th, 1864 Aged 18 years The young Mr. Peabody probably died in service for the Union during the American Civil War. Farifax Seminary was a Union hospital and military headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The hospital served nearly two thousand soldiers during the war time. Five hundred were also buried on the Seminary's grounds. 13.75 x 9.5 inches, artwork 23 x 19 inches, frame Published before 1864 Inscribed bottom center "Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier. 2 Spruce St. N.Y." Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and TruVue Conservation Clear glass, housed in a gold gilded moulding. Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...
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